About This Statistic. This statistic shows the dollar sales of ice cream in the United States in 2017, by type. The sales of ice cream amounted to approximately 6.6 billion U.S. dollars in the 52 weeks ending May 27, 2017.
DEFINITION of 'Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)'. An ETF, or exchange traded fund, is a marketable security that tracks an index, a commodity, bonds, or a basket of assets like an index fund. Unlike mutual funds, an ETF trades like a common stock on a stock exchange. ETFs experience price changes throughout the day as they are bought and sold.
You can think of an ETF as a form of index fund, in the sense that is has the same goal: To provide investors with a benchmark return at minimal cost. There is one important difference, however. Index funds are costly to trade, while ETFs often trade commission-free.